Cassidy is dead and Jack is guilty, that's for sure. But of what, exactly, we're not certain. This is a first novel, but more importantly it is an outrageous, hilarious, tangentially revealed story of guilt, sex, fame, God, murder, danger, suspicion, love and hate. Jack and Cassidy had great sex. In fact, Cassidy may have been Jack's ideal sex partner, which is of great importance when your life revolves around sex. But then Cassidy would do things to drive Jack mad, which certainly could be a motive for murder. Also, Jack is a big man, which gives him the physical means to overpower Cassidy. And they were together on the night that Cassidy was killed, which provided the opportunity. Then there's the fact that Jack has dreamed of killing Cassidy and is not feeling too surprised or even too terrible about his death. But did he do it? The novel details Jack's extreme guilt, his encounters with the police, and his life leading up to the murder -- including his feelings about God, coffee bars, scat, sexually unspontaneous fags, therapists who go crazy, his mother, bears, gay hypocrites, the horror of cheap wine at a dinner party, and fancy fags who work in the arts, among other things.
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Writer, filmmaker, director and sometimes drag queen, Sky Gilbert is one of Canada's most controversial artistic forces. He was born in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1952 and since 1965 has lived in Toronto, Ontario. He is a co-founder and was artistic director of Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.
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An entertaining comic-thriller for the adventurous reader,
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Sky Gilbert makes a very successful transition into narrative prose with his first novel, a comic-thriller. In true Gilbert fashion, the novel is outlandish and shocking, but suprisingly educational for those unfamiliar with the politico-sexual intricacies of the homosexual community. I'm certain in several years time, "Guilty" will emerge as a groundbreaking novel, as sure to instigate debate as it will entertain.
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